VOCABULARY

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A ac-com´pa-ni-ment. Music to be played with a song, or with one or more other musical instruments. Al-ex-an´der. Aus´tri-an. Belonging to Austria, a country of Europe.

B Bach (bäk). Ba-va´ri-a. A kingdom of Germany. Beethoven (bā´tō-ven). Buck´ing-ham. The king's palace in London.

C Chopin (shō-păn´). clar´i-net. A wind instrument blown on a single reed. concerto (cŏn-sẽr´tō). A long musical composition, written to be played with an orchestra.

D Danube (dăn´ūb). A river in Austria. Dresden (drĕz´den). A city in Germany. dumb keyboard. Noiseless keyboard.

E E-li´jah. A prophet spoken of in the Bible. Eu-ro-pe´an. Belonging to Europe.

F Figaro (fē-gȧ-rō´). The hero of one of Mozart's operas. Fin´gal. Florentines (flŏr´en-tēns). People of Florence, a city in Italy. Frankfurt (fränk´fo͝ort). A city in Germany.

G Goethe (gẽ´tĕ). Gret´chen.

H Hamburg (häm´bo͝org). A city in Germany. harp´si-chord. An old-fashioned piano. Haydn (hā´d'n). Heidelberg (hī´del-berg). A city of Germany.

J Joseph (jō´sef).

L largo (lär´gō). A musical piece in slow time. Leipzig (līp´sĭk). A city in Germany. Liszt (lĭst). Lohengrin (lō´en-grĭn). The knight of the swan, son of Parsifal. Ludwig (lo͞ot´vĭg). lute. A musical instrument with strings.

M Marie Antoinette (mȧ-rē´ äntwä-nĕt´). Wife of King Louis XVI of France. ma-zur´ka. A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in ¾ or ⅜ time. Mediterranean (med-ĭ-tẽr-rā´ne-an). A sea south of Europe. Mendelssohn (mĕn´dĕls-sōn). Mozart (mō´zärt). Munich (mū´nik). A city in Bavaria, Germany.

N Nicholas (nĭk´ō-lȧs).

O oratorio (ŏr-ȧ-tō´rĭ-ō). A Bible story set to music. Ortrud (or´trūd). overture (ō´vẽr-tūr). A musical composition usually coming first in an oratorio or an opera.

P Parisians (pȧ-rizh´ans). People of Paris, a city of France. Parsifal (par´si-fȧl). Phœbus (fē´bŭs). God of the sun. pianoforte (pĭ-ȧn´ō-fōr-tā). A piano.

Q quartet (kwa̤r-tĕt´). A piece of music for four voices or for four instruments.

R rehearsal (rē-hẽrs´al). A private recital of a play or opera before a public performance. Rhine (rīn). A river in Germany. rondo (rŏn´dō). A lively musical composition.

S Salzburg (zȧlts´bo͝o rg). A city of Austria. Sax´on. A native of Saxony. Sax´on-y. A kingdom of Germany. Schubert (sho͞o´bẽrt). Schumann (sho͞o´män). Sebastian (sē-băs´chan). Sistine (sis´tĭn). Sohn (sōn). German word meaning "son." sonata (so-nä´tȧ). A composition in three or four parts for a piano, organ, or other musical instrument. staves. Groups of five lines and four spaces on which notes are written. Stephen (stē´ven). symphony (sĭm´fo-nĭ). A musical composition written in three or four parts for the orchestra.

T Tannhäuser (tän´hoi-zẽr). Thames (temz). A river of England.

V Venetians (ve-nē´shans). People of Venice. Venice (vĕn´ĭs). A city of Italy. Verona (vā-rō´nȧ). A city in Italy. Vienna (vē-ĕn´nȧ). A city of Austria. viol (vī´ŭl). A musical instrument much like a violin, but larger. viola (vī´ō-lȧ). An instrument larger than a violin, but smaller than a viol. violoncello (vē-ō-lŏn-chĕl´lō). A bass viol.

W Wagner (väg´nẽr). West´min-ster Ab-bey. A large, beautiful church in London. Wieck (vēk). Wolfgang (volf´gȧng).